CPDT KA EXAM REVIEW ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLVED ANSWERS
◉ When you cue your dog to sit, you have a sequence of cue, click,
and treat. What is the tertiary reinforcer.
Answer: The cue.
◉ When you cue your dog to sit, you have a sequence of cue, click,
and treat. What is the secondary reinforcer.
Answer: The click
◉ When you cue your dog to sit, you have a sequence of cue, click,
and treat. What is the primary reinforcer?
Answer: The treat
◉ When you get the leash out and the dog gives a positive emotional
response, what form of learning is happening?.
Answer: Classical conditioning
◉ What is a synonym for classical conditioning?.
Answer: Pavlovian, associative learning
,◉ If classical conditioning associates the neutral stimulus with
primary stimulus, what association does operant conditioning
make?.
Answer: The association between a behavior and consequence.
◉ When your dog barks at the mailman, what is the antecedent,
behavior, and consequence that drives the behavior?.
Answer: Antecedent: mailman approaches the home
Behavior: barking
Consequence: mailman leaves
◉ Unconditioned stimulus.
Answer: There is no need to teach a response, it is a biologically
driven reaction
◉ Conditioned stimulus.
Answer: You need to teach the response
◉ Motivating operation.
Answer: Antecedent event or change in environment that alters the
effectiveness of the reinforcer
I.E. trying to reward a dog with food when the dog is full will make
the food less valuable to the dog
, ◉ Counter conditioning.
Answer: Training an animal to display a behavior different from
their current reaction to a stimulus
◉ What is flooding.
Answer: Dog is exposed to a stimulus for a long amount of time in a
controlled environment that causes him/her anxiety or fear
◉ What is flooding therapy?.
Answer: Putting a dog in a controlled environment, where that dog
is exposed to a stimulus or trigger that causes anxiety or fear until
the point where the emotional response changes
AKA until the dog realizes that there is nothing to be afraid of
◉ What could you cause by using flooding therapy?.
Answer: You could make the dog's fear worse instead of better
◉ What is level 1 of Ian Dunbar's bite scale?.
Answer: No skin action by teeth
◉ What is Level 2 of Ian Dunbar's bite scale?.
QUESTIONS AND SOLVED ANSWERS
◉ When you cue your dog to sit, you have a sequence of cue, click,
and treat. What is the tertiary reinforcer.
Answer: The cue.
◉ When you cue your dog to sit, you have a sequence of cue, click,
and treat. What is the secondary reinforcer.
Answer: The click
◉ When you cue your dog to sit, you have a sequence of cue, click,
and treat. What is the primary reinforcer?
Answer: The treat
◉ When you get the leash out and the dog gives a positive emotional
response, what form of learning is happening?.
Answer: Classical conditioning
◉ What is a synonym for classical conditioning?.
Answer: Pavlovian, associative learning
,◉ If classical conditioning associates the neutral stimulus with
primary stimulus, what association does operant conditioning
make?.
Answer: The association between a behavior and consequence.
◉ When your dog barks at the mailman, what is the antecedent,
behavior, and consequence that drives the behavior?.
Answer: Antecedent: mailman approaches the home
Behavior: barking
Consequence: mailman leaves
◉ Unconditioned stimulus.
Answer: There is no need to teach a response, it is a biologically
driven reaction
◉ Conditioned stimulus.
Answer: You need to teach the response
◉ Motivating operation.
Answer: Antecedent event or change in environment that alters the
effectiveness of the reinforcer
I.E. trying to reward a dog with food when the dog is full will make
the food less valuable to the dog
, ◉ Counter conditioning.
Answer: Training an animal to display a behavior different from
their current reaction to a stimulus
◉ What is flooding.
Answer: Dog is exposed to a stimulus for a long amount of time in a
controlled environment that causes him/her anxiety or fear
◉ What is flooding therapy?.
Answer: Putting a dog in a controlled environment, where that dog
is exposed to a stimulus or trigger that causes anxiety or fear until
the point where the emotional response changes
AKA until the dog realizes that there is nothing to be afraid of
◉ What could you cause by using flooding therapy?.
Answer: You could make the dog's fear worse instead of better
◉ What is level 1 of Ian Dunbar's bite scale?.
Answer: No skin action by teeth
◉ What is Level 2 of Ian Dunbar's bite scale?.
